Er, Yes

I mean, however you feel about what Geithner knew about the bonuses
and when he knew it, you have to concede that his far bigger concern
throughout this time was preventing the global economy from
self-immolating. As a substantive proposition, how much would we even
want a Treasury secretary to focus on $165 million in bonus money while
there were hundreds of billions of dollars in bailout money flowing to
AIG and other companies?

But actually fixing our problems is not half as much fun as a witch-hunt.

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